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October 29, 2014, Wednesday

Matt Bai wrote this week’s cover story about the scandal that brought down Gary Hart’s presidential campaign in 1987 and how this event changed political journalism. Here, he discusses what first interested him about Hart’s story.

September 21, 2014, Sunday

While early concepts for this week’s cover included portraits of Hart in Red Rocks, Colo., where he announced his presidential candidacy in 1987, the art direction quickly shifted to include images of other politicians brought down by scandals.